Re: regression: "96b9e0e3 config: treat user and xdg config permission problems as errors" busted git-daemon
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>> How about "and make sure any Git configuration files", since there
>> might not be any Git configuration files.
>
> Yeah, that is better. Thanks.
OK, then...
-- >8 --
Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify that "git daemon --user=<user>" option does not export HOME=~user
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Helped-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
Documentation/git-daemon.txt | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index 7e5098a..2ac07ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ OPTIONS
Giving these options is an error when used with `--inetd`; use
the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
'git daemon' if needed.
++
+Like many programs that switch user id, the daemon does not reset
+environment variables such as `$HOME` when it runs git programs,
+e.g. `upload-pack` and `receive-pack`. When using this option, you
+may also want to set and export `HOME` to point at the home
+directory of `<user>` before starting the daemon, and make sure any
+Git configuration files in that directory are readable by `<user>`.
--enable=<service>::
--disable=<service>::
--
1.8.2.1-472-g6c5785c
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>